Camaraderie and other complicated words
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Here’s today’s simple exercise:
There are ten birds perched on a fence. A farmer aims his rifle and shoots one. How many birds are left?
One answer, as usual, at the end. If you got it easily, these newsletter are paying off, just sayin’.
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Finding your person
One important thing in life is to figure out who your person is.
There are multiple ways of doing this - some approaches are “either/or”, meaning you either find your absolute person for everything OR you don’t find anyone.
Unfortunately, most of the time, you won’t find one person to be your perfect partner in crime. That’s ok.
Some might be perfect partners for work, others for love, others for fun, for intellectual debates, who knows? But it’s very often not the same person.
Don’t put pressure on someone else to fill out every role. Because you most likely don’t do the same for them.
And also because you’ll be disappointed 9 out of 10 times.
Even if you do find someone who fits everything, you and her/him will most likely change sooner or later and grow apart.
Enjoy the moment(s) you have with people. Appreciate them being your companion on whatever topic you synced on.
Because finding a comrade for life is extremely rare, despite what movies tell us.
If you do find someone and you feel you mix like milk and honey, make the most of every moment. Cherish every second. Maybe you two will be in it forever, maybe you’ll drift apart. Who knows? The important part is to make it into an experience you’ll be fond of.
Oh, and when it comes to business, don’t expect your business partner to be your friend. That’s an almost guaranteed path to failure.
Comrades in business are a topic for a whole different newsletter.
Answer: 0. Every single bird flew off the perch after the shot.